Today is 8th April.
This will be the end of an era.
An era which shall be remembered forever, as people say,
but will be forgotten soon.
BYE Windows XP :(
The operating system was
released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and generally released at for
retail sale on October 25, 2001.
This was truly what represented Microsoft at that time.
And it continued well for 13 years.
In 2007, when Vista came in action, XP did not fade away
into darkness. It had a firm position in the world of Operating Systems. When
Windows 7 was released in 2009, nothing changed, although Windows XP’s market
share declined.
And then came Windows 8, and that was the time when it
was announced that the support for Windows XP will end in 2014, and people
realised how much they loved Windows XP.
The biggest representation of Microsoft will die soon,
with more and more zero day vulnerabilities appearing, and getting attacked by
hackers.
It’s really easier for the common man to get to a new
OS, but many businesses are still running XP, and that’s where the problem
starts.
I am not saying that you all should continue using XP,
because Vintage cars are really precious, but how many of them do we see on the
road?
Poorer support for newer hardware, less features as
compared to new ones, and others.
Well that’s why it will become necessary for everybody
to switch to Windows 7, 8 or 8.1(Hey, Windows 8.1 Update 1 is arriving soon!).
Removal of extended support for Windows XP would mean
that any loopholes will no longer be patched, and could be exploited very
easily.
I hope that this guide told you some things for you all
to remember, and also provided a bit of nostalgia. Today, I’m gonna remove
Windows XP, and instead install Ubuntu in place of it.
So now my PC contains Windows 7, 8.1, Android and
Ubuntu. Happy Now.
Good Bye. Take Care :)
Thank
you for visiting my blog.
This will be the end of an era.
An era which shall be remembered forever, as people say,
but will be forgotten soon.
BYE Windows XP :(
The operating system was
released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and generally released at for
retail sale on October 25, 2001.
This was truly what represented Microsoft at that time.
And it continued well for 13 years.
In 2007, when Vista came in action, XP did not fade away
into darkness. It had a firm position in the world of Operating Systems. When
Windows 7 was released in 2009, nothing changed, although Windows XP’s market
share declined.
And then came Windows 8, and that was the time when it
was announced that the support for Windows XP will end in 2014, and people
realised how much they loved Windows XP.
The biggest representation of Microsoft will die soon,
with more and more zero day vulnerabilities appearing, and getting attacked by
hackers.
It’s really easier for the common man to get to a new
OS, but many businesses are still running XP, and that’s where the problem
starts.
I am not saying that you all should continue using XP,
because Vintage cars are really precious, but how many of them do we see on the
road?
Poorer support for newer hardware, less features as
compared to new ones, and others.
Well that’s why it will become necessary for everybody
to switch to Windows 7, 8 or 8.1(Hey, Windows 8.1 Update 1 is arriving soon!).
Removal of extended support for Windows XP would mean
that any loopholes will no longer be patched, and could be exploited very
easily.
I hope that this guide told you some things for you all
to remember, and also provided a bit of nostalgia. Today, I’m gonna remove
Windows XP, and instead install Ubuntu in place of it.
So now my PC contains Windows 7, 8.1, Android and
Ubuntu. Happy Now.
Good Bye. Take Care :)
Thank
you for visiting my blog.
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